WSM2006: 2011/12 - do or die at Kenilworth Road

[FrogMan]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

if you can get ahead of ManYoo.. Champions League? Hopefully a Frog Will Be in Europe next year..

although anything can happen, at that point in the season and sitting where we are in the standings, the probabilities of having a frog in Europe next season are pretty good. Now, will it be in the big, big Europe party (aka Champions League), in the middle party (aka UEFA Cup) or the lower one (Intertoto Cup), you'll have to read on to know for sure

FM

[FrogMan]

April 14, 2011
League Match #35: at Sheffield United (Luton 5-4 favourites)

Pkd	Inf	Name	Position	Morale	Form	Con	Apps	Gls	Av Rat
GK		Leo Franco	GK	Superb	6-8-7-8-9	100%	12	-	7.17
DR	Unh	Kevin Foley	D/WB/M R	Superb	8-7-6-7-8	99%	12 (1)	-	6.92
DL		Benoît Assou-Ekotto	D L	Very Good	6-8-5-7-7	99%	33	1	6.91
DC		Curtis Davies	SW, D C	Superb	8-8-7-8-7	100%	25 (1)	-	7.08
DC		Philippe Senderos	D C	Very Good	7-9-6-8-7	100%	36	1	7.19
DMC		Giannis Taralidis	DM	Superb	7-7-8-8-8	100%	20 (8)	2	7.18
MR		Alexander Farnerud	AM RLC, F C	Superb	6-8-7-7-7	98%	12	1	7.00
ML		James Simmonds	AM L	Superb	7-7-8-8-7	98%	37 (1)	1	7.18
AMC		Youssouf Hersi	AM C	Superb	8-7-7-7-6	97%	35	9	7.26
FC		Arjan Wisse	AM L, ST	Superb	7-8-8-7-7	99%	36 (1)	19	7.19
FC		Ricardo Vaz Te	AM L, F C	Superb	7-8-8-8-8	98%	27 (1)	24	7.36
S1		Zac Barrett	GK	Superb	9-8-6-6-7	95%	22 (1)	-	6.96
S2		Cédric Fernandez	DM	Very Good	7-8-7-6-7	97%	16 (3)	-	7.05
S3		Scott Donnelly	AM RC	Superb	7-6-8-6-7	100%	4 (22)	1	6.46
S4	Unh	Fabrice Fernandes	AM RL	Superb	7-7-6-6-6	99%	0 (6)	-	6.17
S5		Romone Rose	ST	Superb	6-6-6-7-7	99%	2 (6)	2	6.63
-	Yel	Tony Hibbert	D/WB R	Good	6-7-7-7-6	98%	6	-	6.33
-	Wnt	Christian Wilhelmsson	AM RLC, ST	Good	6-8-7-7-6	95%	6 (7)	1	6.54
-		Michael Timlin	D L, M LC	Very Good	6-6-6-6-7	91%	3 (23)	-	6.62
-		David Martin	D RC	Very Good	-	76%	-	-	-
-		Leonel Romero	SW, D C	Good	7-7-7-8-7	100%	15 (1)	-	7.00

Another team which has basically clinched relegation. Beware...

We've kind of owned them since 2005 though, even back in the Championship. We've won 6 of the 9 games played between the two teams...

We get a penalty in our favor only three minutes into the game but Giannis Taralidis' kick is saved by their keeper. We still take a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute when a shot from Ricardo Vaz Te is deflected byt oune of their defenders. 1-0 is the halftime score and Leo Franco is keeping us in the game but he's got me worried now. He's got a green cross next to his name. Hopefully he can come out of the game uninjured.

They put only one shot on target in the whole second half, but they make it count and they tie the game 1-1 in the 85th minute. Although we shot tons of times, we just can't score once more...

Final Score: Luton 1, Sheffield Utd 1

Frustrating score, to draw against a team we should have beat, as we get ready to enter the three most important, and toughest games of our season.

Giannis Taralidis, despite having a penalty kick blocked, is selected as man of the match. Leo Franco comes out of the game okay, much to my relief...

Kinda weird right after the game, we've stayed in 5th place and Man U and Tottenham have exchanged place. Man U still has not played their 35th game though.

Following the game, I learn that all three teams currently in the relegation zone have clinched relegation to the Championship, that includes Sheffield United, but also Swansea and Leicester.


April 15, 2011
League matches are played and now everyone has played 35 games, so only 3 to go. Man U is back in 4th and we're down to 6th but still within striking distance of them...

Pos	Inf	Team		Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	C	Chelsea		35	23	10	2	66	24	+42	79
2nd		Liverpool		35	19	7	9	55	39	+16	64
3rd		Arsenal		35	17	12	6	62	37	+25	63
4th		Man Utd		35	16	11	8	39	27	+12	59
5th		Tottenham		35	14	16	5	38	28	+10	58
6th		Luton		35	16	8	11	65	54	+11	56
7th		Blackburn		35	16	6	13	63	55	+8	54
8th		Newcastle		34	16	6	12	46	39	+7	54
9th		Aston Villa		35	12	15	8	40	29	+11	51
10th		Man City		35	12	13	10	45	35	+10	49
11th		Sunderland		35	12	13	10	43	46	-3	49
12th		Middlesbrough		35	11	15	9	53	41	+12	48
13th		Birmingham		35	12	8	15	53	58	-5	44
14th		Leeds		35	11	10	14	39	58	-19	43
15th		Bolton		35	10	11	14	43	51	-8	41
16th		Everton		34	10	9	15	43	56	-13	39
17th		Crystal Palace		35	8	9	18	25	41	-16	33
18th	R	Sheff Utd		35	5	8	22	24	52	-28	23
19th	R	Swansea		35	4	8	23	27	63	-36	20
20th	R	Leicester		35	4	7	24	28	64	-36	19

FM

[FrogMan]

April 21, 2011
Leonel Romero twisted his ankle in training. This means he's basically for the remainder of the season as he will mis between 3 weeks and a month if treated by the physios and with Curtis Davies and Philippe Senderos both healthy, I don't feel like putting him through injections.


April 22, 2011
Blackburn and Man Utd drew 1-1 today. The bigger news might be that Wayne Rooney tore a calf muscle and will miss around 3 months. We at least won't have to worry about him when we play them in a week.


April 23, 2011
Man City lost 0-1 to Swansea, assuring us of a 9th position finish at worst.


April 25, 2011
League Match #36: vs Tottenham (Tottenham 6-4 favourites)

Pkd	Inf	Name	Position	Morale	Form	Con	Apps	Gls	Av Rat
GK		Leo Franco	GK	Superb	8-7-8-9-7	100%	13	-	7.15
DR	Unh	Kevin Foley	D/WB/M R	Very Good	7-6-7-8-6	100%	13 (1)	-	6.86
DL		Benoît Assou-Ekotto	D L	Very Good	8-5-7-7-7	100%	34	1	6.91
DC		Curtis Davies	SW, D C	Very Good	8-7-8-7-8	100%	26 (1)	-	7.11
DC		Philippe Senderos	D C	Superb	9-6-8-7-7	100%	37	1	7.19
DMC		Giannis Taralidis	DM	Superb	7-8-8-8-8	100%	21 (8)	2	7.21
MR		Alexander Farnerud	AM RLC, F C	Superb	8-7-7-7-8	100%	13	1	7.08
ML		James Simmonds	AM L	Superb	7-8-8-7-7	100%	38 (1)	1	7.18
AMC		Youssouf Hersi	AM C	Superb	7-7-7-6-7	100%	36	9	7.25
FC		Arjan Wisse	AM L, ST	Superb	8-8-7-7-7	100%	37 (1)	19	7.18
FC		Ricardo Vaz Te	AM L, F C	Good	8-8-8-8-7	100%	28 (1)	25	7.34
S1		Zac Barrett	GK	Very Good	8-6-6-7-6	97%	22 (1)	-	6.96
S2		Cédric Fernandez	DM	Very Good	7-8-7-6-7	98%	16 (3)	-	7.05
S3		Scott Donnelly	AM RC	Okay	6-8-6-7-6	99%	4 (23)	1	6.44
S4	Unh	Fabrice Fernandes	AM RL	Superb	7-6-6-6-7	98%	0 (7)	-	6.29
S5		Romone Rose	ST	Good	6-6-7-7-6	97%	2 (7)	2	6.56
-		Christian Wilhelmsson	AM RLC, ST	Good	6-8-7-7-6	95%	6 (7)	1	6.54
-		Michael Timlin	D L, M LC	Very Good	6-6-6-6-7	95%	3 (23)	-	6.62
-	Inj	Leonel Romero	SW, D C	Good	7-7-7-8-7	79%	15 (1)	-	7.00

Paul Robinson is still injured for them meaning they will start the friggin 17yo that stopped everything against us the last two times we've played them. Ledley King is also injured for them and their right wingback is suspended.

It's a somewhat boring first half that ends scoreless. Not one of our players seem really fired up for that one and I remind them that we can win this thing if we apply ourselves.

They seem to get the message and we apply lots more pressure although it never materializes into a goal.

Final Score: Luton 0, Tottenham 0

Darn, there goes a chance begging. We controlled the ball with 54% but never got ourselves in good position to try very dangerous shots. James Simmonds got the Man of the Match selection although he only got rated at 7. That tells you the kind of performance delivered by both teams...

The draw, combined with Newcastle's 0-1 loss to Birmingham, moves us up one spot to 6th place. With only two games to play, the three points separating us from Man U are looking bigger and bigger by the minute...

Pos	Inf	Team		Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	C	Chelsea		36	23	11	2	67	25	+42	80
2nd		Liverpool		36	20	7	9	59	39	+20	67
3rd		Arsenal		35	17	12	6	62	37	+25	63
4th		Man Utd		36	16	12	8	40	28	+12	60
5th		Tottenham		36	14	17	5	38	28	+10	59
6th		Luton		36	16	9	11	65	54	+11	57
7th		Newcastle		36	17	6	13	48	40	+8	57
8th		Blackburn		36	16	7	13	64	56	+8	55
9th		Aston Villa		36	13	15	8	42	29	+13	54
10th		Man City		36	12	13	11	45	36	+9	49
11th		Sunderland		36	12	13	11	43	48	-5	49
12th		Middlesbrough		36	11	15	10	53	45	+8	48
13th		Birmingham		36	13	8	15	54	58	-4	47
14th		Leeds		36	11	10	15	39	62	-23	43
15th		Everton		36	11	9	16	47	58	-11	42
16th		Bolton		35	10	11	14	43	51	-8	41
17th		Crystal Palace		36	8	10	18	26	42	-16	34
18th	R	Sheff Utd		36	6	8	22	26	52	-26	26
19th	R	Swansea		36	5	8	23	28	63	-35	23
20th	R	Leicester		36	4	7	25	28	66	-38	19

The finalist of the Champions League are known. It will be Arsenal against Rangers. Arsenal won their semi-final 5-0 on aggregate over Porto and Rangers won theirs 2-1 on aggregate over Liverpool.

FM

[FrogMan]

April 28, 2011
Wow, seems Tottenham, much like Man U a few days ago, and even us against Sheffield United before that, have a problem with putting away bottom feeders. They just drew 1-1 with Leicester.

Blackburn also just beat Liverpool 2-0 to move ahead of us but not only that, Asoton Villa's 2-1 win over Leeds has pushed us down another spot so ahead of our game against Man Utd, we're now sitting in 8th place. We're still only 3 points from Man U and 4th place though...


April 29, 2011
League Match #37: at Manchester United (Man Utd 4-6 favourites)

Pkd	Inf	Name	Position	Morale	Form	Con	Apps	Gls	Av Rat
GK		Leo Franco	GK	Very Good	7-8-9-7-7	100%	14	-	7.14
DR	Unh	Kevin Foley	D/WB/M R	Very Good	6-7-8-6-7	98%	14 (1)	-	6.87
DL		Benoît Assou-Ekotto	D L	Very Good	5-7-7-7-6	98%	35	1	6.89
DC		Curtis Davies	SW, D C	Very Good	7-8-7-8-7	100%	27 (1)	-	7.11
DC		Philippe Senderos	D C	Superb	6-8-7-7-7	95%	38	1	7.18
DMC		Giannis Taralidis	DM	Superb	8-8-8-8-7	98%	22 (8)	2	7.20
MR		Alexander Farnerud	AM RLC, F C	Very Good	7-7-7-8-6	100%	14	1	7.00
ML		James Simmonds	AM L	Superb	8-8-7-7-7	98%	39 (1)	1	7.17
AMC		Youssouf Hersi	AM C	Superb	7-7-6-7-7	98%	37	9	7.24
FC		Arjan Wisse	AM L, ST	Good	8-7-7-7-6	99%	38 (1)	19	7.15
FC		Ricardo Vaz Te	AM L, F C	Good	8-8-8-7-7	96%	29 (1)	25	7.33
S1		Zac Barrett	GK	Very Good	8-6-6-7-6	98%	22 (1)	-	6.96
S2		Cédric Fernandez	DM	Very Good	7-8-7-6-7	97%	16 (3)	-	7.05
S3		Scott Donnelly	AM RC	Poor	8-6-7-6-6	99%	4 (24)	1	6.43
S4	Unh	Fabrice Fernandes	AM RL	Superb	6-6-6-7-6	98%	0 (8)	-	6.25
S5		Romone Rose	ST	Very Good	6-7-7-6-6	97%	2 (8)	2	6.50
-		Christian Wilhelmsson	AM RLC, ST	Very Good	6-8-7-7-6	95%	6 (7)	1	6.54
-		Michael Timlin	D L, M LC	Very Good	6-6-6-6-7	95%	3 (23)	-	6.62
-	Inj	Leonel Romero	SW, D C	Good	7-7-7-8-7	75%	15 (1)	-	7.00

This game starts out rough as we lose Arjan Wisse to injury in the very first minute. Romone Rose comes in to replace him. This doesn't stop us from taking the lead on the 13th minute when Kevin Foley's cross from out wide is simply perfect for a Ricardo Vaz Te on the edge of the 6 yard box. Even though he's marked quite well, he gets away from the defender and scores a beauty of a goal.

You gotta love Romone Rose's badass attitud in the 21st minute. After he scored our second goal, he's shushing the opposing crowd with his finger!

We get a big break in the 30th minute when one of their defenders handles the ball inside the area. The referee sees it and points the spot, PENALTY!!! This time, Giannis Taralidis makes sure it's not blocked and we're ahead 3-0 after only one third of the game played.

3-0 is the halftime score and we're simply kicking their collective asses. We're winning possession with 57%, it's so bad...

The goal they score in the 47th minues makes me real nervous. I start sweating and having flashbacks to a certain game against Blackburn not so long ago. But we hang in there, Leo Franco especially cranked his play a couple of notches, earning Man of the Match honors with a rating of 10.

Final Score: Luton 3, Manchester United 1

Wow, just wow! As I said, our keeper had a great game but also both central defenders, Senderos and Davies, rated at 9, as well as Ricardo Vaz Te.

All worried about Arjan Wisse following the game, I'm happy to learn that he suffered nothing serious and will be available for our last game of the season. It won't be the case for Kevin Foley who hurt his elbow in the game and will miss up to 3 weeks.

Following the game, my assistant reports on how Leo Franco has been instrumental to our late surge and I agree. I praise him in the media and the fans just love it.

The team board just loved that win and Mr Tomlins states that I deserve praise for the style with which I masterminded this superb victory.

This insane win, and our favorable goal differential, now means we're sitting in 4th place!!! Wow, who would have thought that possible!

Pos	Inf	Team		Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	C	Chelsea		37	24	11	2	71	28	+43	83
2nd		Liverpool		37	20	7	10	59	41	+18	67
3rd		Arsenal		36	17	12	7	65	41	+24	63
4th		Luton		37	17	9	11	68	55	+13	60
5th		Man Utd		37	16	12	9	41	31	+10	60
6th		Tottenham		37	14	18	5	39	29	+10	60
7th		Blackburn		37	17	7	13	66	56	+10	58
8th		Aston Villa		37	14	15	8	44	30	+14	57
9th		Newcastle		37	17	6	14	48	42	+6	57
10th		Sunderland		37	13	13	11	45	48	-3	52
11th		Middlesbrough		37	12	15	10	56	45	+11	51
12th		Man City		37	12	14	11	46	37	+9	50
13th		Birmingham		37	13	8	16	54	61	-7	47
14th		Everton		37	11	10	16	48	59	-11	43
15th		Leeds		37	11	10	16	40	64	-24	43
16th		Bolton		36	10	12	14	44	52	-8	42
17th		Crystal Palace		36	8	10	18	26	42	-16	34
18th	R	Sheff Utd		36	6	8	22	26	52	-26	26
19th	R	Swansea		37	5	9	23	29	64	-35	24
20th	R	Leicester		37	4	8	25	29	67	-38	20

This also means that, as easy as it is to say but tough to do, our season is into our own hands. As they say: "win and you're in!" Again, easier said than done with Liverpool as our last opponents...

Southampton have won the Championship and will be coming back to the Premiership next season. The other team who clinched promotion to the Premiership is a cinderella story though. Nottm Forest, in their third season back to the Championship, after four seasons at the League One level, will be enjoying some Premiership football next season. Nice story!

FM

[FrogMan]

April 30, 2011
Kevin Foley has been selected to the EPL team of the week.


May 1st, 2011
The news that Liverpool's Djibril Cissé has been selected as player of the month is making me very nervous ahead of our clash with them. I might be tempted to put Giannis Taralidis man to man with him as I've done against Tierry Henry in the past...

I came in second for manager of the month.

The team board are still absolutely thrilled at the level of commitment I continue to show the club.


May 5, 2011
I get another report about Paul Graham earning a Man of the Match selection, his 10th of the selection, with the U18 squad. He's really tearing the U18 league apart. I will definitely have to see how to incorporate him to some of our senior squad games next season.

FM

[FrogMan]

May 6, 2011
League Match #38: vs Liverpool (Liverpool 4-5 favourites)

Pkd	Inf	Name	Position	Morale	Form	Con	Apps	Gls	Av Rat
GK		Leo Franco	GK	Superb	8-9-7-7-10	100%	15	-	7.33
DR	Yel	Tony Hibbert	D/WB R	Very Good	6-7-7-7-6	96%	6	-	6.33
DL		Benoît Assou-Ekotto	D L	Superb	7-7-7-6-8	100%	36	1	6.92
DC		Curtis Davies	SW, D C	Superb	8-7-8-7-9	100%	28 (1)	-	7.17
DC		Philippe Senderos	D C	Superb	8-7-7-7-9	100%	39	1	7.23
DMC		Giannis Taralidis	DM	Superb	8-8-8-7-8	99%	23 (8)	3	7.23
MR		Alexander Farnerud	AM RLC, F C	Superb	7-7-8-6-8	100%	15	1	7.07
ML		James Simmonds	AM L	Superb	8-7-7-7-7	100%	40 (1)	1	7.17
AMC		Youssouf Hersi	AM C	Superb	7-6-7-7-8	100%	38	9	7.26
FC		Arjan Wisse	AM L, ST	Superb	7-7-7-6-6	100%	39 (1)	19	7.13
FC		Ricardo Vaz Te	AM L, F C	Superb	8-8-7-7-9	100%	30 (1)	26	7.39
S1		Zac Barrett	GK	Very Good	8-6-6-7-6	97%	22 (1)	-	6.96
S2		Keith Keane	D/WB R, DM, M RC	Superb	6-6-7-7-7	96%	18 (6)	-	6.58
S3		Scott Donnelly	AM RC	Okay	8-6-7-6-6	98%	4 (24)	1	6.43
S4	Wnt	Michael Timlin	D L, M LC	Very Good	6-6-6-6-7	95%	3 (23)	-	6.62
S5		Romone Rose	ST	Superb	7-7-6-6-8	98%	2 (9)	3	6.64
-	Unh	Fabrice Fernandes	AM RL	Superb	6-6-7-6-7	98%	0 (9)	-	6.33
-		Christian Wilhelmsson	AM RLC, ST	Very Good	6-8-7-7-6	95%	6 (7)	1	6.54
-	Inj	Kevin Foley	D/WB/M R	Superb	7-8-6-7-9	78%	15 (1)	-	7.00
-	Inj	Leonel Romero	SW, D C	Very Good	7-7-7-8-7	67%	15 (1)	-	7.00
-		Cédric Fernandez	DM	Superb	8-7-6-7-6	97%	16 (4)	-	7.00

Well, it's really do or die at Kenilworth Road now isn't it? Man Utd play at #20 Leicester and Tottenham play at #18 Sheffield United so we better win this one if we don't want to finish in 6th place real quick. Again, easier said than done.

Liverpool are missing some big names though. Steve Gerrard will be sitting this one out because of a groin strain and DM Mohammed Sissoko might be playing but had to go through some painkiller injections to do so.

On our end, Tony Hibbert will start in Kevin Foley's place. I juggled between him and Keith Keane but decided on Hibbert in the end.

Looking at their list of top scorers in league play, I see Djibril Cissé at the top with 22 goals and then Oskitz with only 8 as their second. It's an automatic for me, Giannis Taralidis will be asked to shadow Cissé's every move...

It's a tightly contested first half where neither team really comes out on top, until the 37th m,inute that is, when Arjan Wisse scores his 19th league goal of the season to give us a 1-0 lead.

The half comes and that score remains. Shots are 5(2) to for and 7(4) for them and possession is an even 50-50 split. We've had 4 corners to them only one though. Leo Franco has saved us so far and he comes at the half rated at 9.

We keep denying them of any big chances and the ones they get are stopped by Franco. In the 79th minute, I take a look at the league table and recent scores and see that both Man Utd and Tottenham are winning their respective games. If we want that fourth place, we will have to win this one.

The following ten minutes are the most nerve wracking ten minutes I remember seeing in my history of managing football. They keep attacking, we, sometimes without any style, keep on denying them, until the 89th minute when Alexander Farnerud seals it for us with a great goal!!!

Final Score: Luton 2, Liverpool 0

It's in the bag, we finish fourth!!! There will be a frog in the Champions League!!!

Pos	Inf	Team		Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	C	Chelsea		38	25	11	2	74	28	+46	86
2nd		Arsenal		38	19	12	7	71	43	+28	69
3rd		Liverpool		38	20	7	11	59	43	+16	67
4th		Luton		38	18	9	11	70	55	+15	63
5th		Man Utd		38	17	12	9	43	31	+12	63
6th		Tottenham		38	15	18	5	40	29	+11	63
7th		Aston Villa		38	15	15	8	47	30	+17	60
8th		Blackburn		38	17	7	14	66	59	+7	58
9th		Newcastle		38	17	6	15	48	43	+5	57
10th		Middlesbrough		38	13	15	10	57	45	+12	54
11th		Sunderland		38	13	13	12	45	49	-4	52
12th		Man City		38	12	14	12	46	40	+6	50
13th		Birmingham		38	14	8	16	56	61	-5	50
14th		Everton		38	12	10	16	49	59	-10	46
15th		Leeds		38	12	10	16	41	64	-23	46
16th		Bolton		38	10	12	16	45	55	-10	42
17th		Crystal Palace		38	8	11	19	27	46	-19	35
18th	R	Sheff Utd		38	6	9	23	26	53	-27	27
19th	R	Swansea		38	5	9	24	29	66	-37	24
20th	R	Leicester		38	4	8	26	29	69	-40	20

Curtis Davies was selected as man of the match after intercepting 12 balls. Although he didn't really stand out, Giannis Taralidis did what he had to do. I hardly ever saw Djibril Cissé's name pop up during highlights.

We're given $19.5M for our final position which, by the way, is a new Luton Town team record. To me, it's actually the first time I've ever qualified for the Champions League. I'd made the UEFA Cup a couple times, but never the Champions League. I know we'll have to go through some qualifying rounds, but we'll se when we get there

After a rocky start, we sure stabilized, until that crazy surge right at the end. A magical season!


Ricardo Vaz Te ends the season as our top scorer with 26 competitive goals, followed closely by Arjan Wisse with 20. Youssouf Hersi is thrid with 9 and we have a slew with 3 goals, including newcomer Romone Rose.

Vaz Te was also a playmaker for the team, leading the club in assists with 15. Again Wisse is second with 9. James Simmonds is third with 5, Alexander Farnerud fourth with 4.

Curtis Davies ends the season with the most Man of the Match selections with 5. Always the second, Wisse had 4 and a number of others had 2.

FM

[flere-imsaho]

WOOHOO!!! Congrats!

[Tellistto]

Excellent stuff, FM! Congrats on the strong finish and the chance to get into the Champs League as well!

Tell

[FrogMan]

thanks guys, really happy with the way it turned out

FM

[SirFozzie]

WOOHOO!

[mrkilla22]

Congrats Frogman! You are doing a great job!

[FrogMan]

May 7, 2011
Curtis Davies was selected in the EPL team of the week.


May 9, 2011
League awards are announced. Ricardo Vaz Te comes in second to Jermaine Defoe for Player of the year. Talk about a great signing, worth every penny of the $17M it cost me to bring him to Kenilworth Road.

We put 4 on the Team of the Year, 2 as starters, Curtis Davies and Giannis Taralidis, and 2 as alternates, Youssouf Hersi and Ricardo Vaz Te. Here's what the Team of the year looks like:


Chelsea's José Mourinho won Manager of the year ahead of Arsenal's Arsène Wenger and Middlesbrough's Steve McClaren. Wow, I feel bad about that one. I don't know what McClaren did with his team, but he still only got them to finish 10th after finishing in 6th place the year before that...

Speaking of Middlesbrough, one of their players, Chris Gray was selected as footballer of the year ahead of Paul Gallagher of Blackburn and Chelsea's Frank Lampard.

Ricardo Vaz Te finished second in the top scorer race with 25 goals, just like Jimmy Briand and Jermaine Defoe. Paul Gallagher topped them with 26 goals.


May 12, 2011
Arsenal won the FA Cup by beating Chelsea 3-2 in the final.

In the "it feels good to be me" department, Paris-SG have been relegated from the Ligue 1

Paul Graham scores 4 goals in the Luton U18's last game of the season, in teh process helping them clinch their league title, woohoo!!!

Pos	Inf	Team		Pld	Won	Drn	Lst	For	Ag	G.D.	Pts
1st	C	Luton		24	16	4	4	50	27	+23	52
2nd		Tottenham		24	16	4	4	42	22	+20	52
3rd		West Ham		24	14	7	3	48	26	+22	49
4th		Swansea		24	11	4	9	38	28	+10	37
5th		Ipswich		24	11	4	9	35	30	+5	37
6th		Colchester		24	9	5	10	36	39	-3	32
7th		MK Dons		24	8	8	8	34	37	-3	32
8th		Watford		24	8	6	10	34	39	-5	30
9th		Oxford		24	8	5	11	29	36	-7	29
10th		Cheltenham		24	8	3	13	28	38	-10	27
11th		Wycombe		24	7	4	13	29	44	-15	25
12th		Swindon		24	3	7	14	27	46	-19	16
13th		Hereford		24	2	9	13	29	47	-18	15

May 13, 2011
The round of sacking has started. Everton have sacked their manager and I'm the one the bookies have tipped to replace him. I repeat my allegiance to the Hatters. The chairman is delighted by my loyalty.

Manchester United have also sacked their manager, Steve Bruce. May name is also mentionned in the middle as one possible replacement for him. I wouldn't touch it with a ten feet pole...

And with this, the squad breaks for their annual holiday. They will be back for preseason work on June 25.

FM

[condors]

congrats!

[FrogMan]

thanks sirfozzie, mrkilla and condors.

I will be starting a new thread for the new season at some point soon. Got at least one signing I'm very excited about

FM

[FrogMan]

new thread has been started, see ya over there...

WSM2006: 2012/13 - a frog in the Champions League